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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBONT5. ItfEDFOIll). OREGON. MONDAY. MARCII 16. 1936.
JUST ONE MORE
By GLUY AS WILLIAMS
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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V a Jn
BTNOPS1S: How rnnkll Bar.
went and Bobby Jonee have an en
tirely new lead in their effort to find
the murderer o Alan Caretaire.
They believe he ie Dr. Nicholeon,
and Bobby ie getting ready, at the
moment, to climb in a tecond-etory
window of the dootor'e houee in the .
belief that that worthy aleo hae
done away with hie wife. And
Frankle hae learned that the will
of the wealthy Mr. Savage Wat
queer, that a beautiful woman flo
ured in it. and thai Alan Caretalrt
had taken a hand in helping the rel
atives the beautiful Afrs. Templeton
had bilked.
Chapter SI
BLOW IN THE DARK
IN ANOTHER minute Bobby wu
4 swarming up the tree. All went
veil and he was Juat stretching out
his hand to take a grip ot the win
dow ledge when an ominous crack
came from the branch he was on.
and the next minute the bough had
snapped and Bobby was pitchforked
head first Into a clump of hydrangea
bushes below, which fortunately
broke his fall.
The window ot Nicholson's study
was farther along on the same side
ot the house. Bobby heard an ex
clamation In the Doctor's voice, and
the window was flung up. Bobby,
recovering from the first shock of
his fall, bolted across a dark patch
of shadow Into the pathway leadlnc
to the little door. He went a short
way along It, then dived Into the
bushes.
He heard the sound of voices and
aw lights moving near the trampled
and broken hydrangeas. Bobby kept
still and held bis breath. They mlgbt
come along the path. If so, finding
the door open, they would probably
conclude that the Intruder bad es
caped that way and would not
prosecute tbe searcb further.
However, the minutes passed, and
nobody came. Presently Bobby
heard Nicholson's vole raised In a
Question. He did not bear the words
but he heard an answer given In
a hoarse, rather uneducated voice.
"All present and correct, sir, I've
been the rounds."
The sounds gradually died down,
the lights disappeared. Everyone
seemed to have returned to the
bouse.
Very cautiously Bobby came out
of his hiding place. He emerged onto
the path listening. AU was still. He
took a step or two towards the
house.
And then out of the darkness,
something struck him on the back
of the neck. He fell forward , . . Into
darkness.
ON FRIDAY morning the green
Bentley drew up outside the
Station Hotel at Ambledever.
Frankle had wired Bobby that she
would be required to give evidence
at the Inquest on Henry Basslngton-
tfrench and would call In at Amble
dever on the way down from Lon
don. She bad bad no reply.
"Mr. Parker, miss 7" said the
clerk. "I don't think there's any
gentleman of that name stopping
here, but I'll see."
He returned a few minutes later.
"Come hers Wednesday evening,
miss. Left his bag and said he
mightn't be In till late. His bag's
still here but be hasn't been back
to fetch It"
Frankle felt suddenly rather sick.
She clutched at a table for support
"Feeling bad, mlssT" the man In
quired. Frankle shook her head. "It's all
right," she managed to say. "He
didn't leave any message!"
"There's a telegram com for
him," he said. "That's all."
"It's all right," she said, and
getting into the Bentley she drove
away.
Why had Bobby not returned to
the Station Hotel T There could be
only two reasons. Either he was on
the trail and that trail had taken
him away somewhere; or els or
else something had gone wrong.
She was being an Idiot Imagin
ing things. Of course Bobby was all
right He was on the trail that was
all on the trail.
But why, asked another voice,
hadn't h sent her a word ot reas
surance? The Inquest passed like a dream.
Roger was there, and Sylvia look
ing quite beautiful in her widow's
weeds.
The proceedings were very tact
fully conducted. The Basslngton
ffrenches were popular locally and
verythlng was done to spare the
feelings of the window and the
brother of the dead man. The thing
seemed over In no time, and the
verdict was given as "Suicide while
of unsound mind." The "sympa
thetic" verdict, as Mr. Spragge had
called It
The two events connected them
selves In Frsnkle's mind. Two sui
cides "while of unsound mind." Was
THRIFT PLACES
COTTON ON TOP
IN NEVLSTYLES
CHICAOO (UP) flhowlng It Mr.
torlal hwU in Mlk, cotton already
!i dominating th spring and mm
mi style p ft rati, with deoldiwi giv
ing It first place In mod (or the
girl on thft llmltd wardrobe budget.
In tn annual cotton carnival here,
tn which leading designers and man
ufiwturera mike their apriii and
iimmer Introductions st ths mer
chandise mart, ths spotlight is being
trained on "budgeted wardrobes."
Drarr.f.tlr'ng the needa of s girl cn
stringent budget, one wardrobe as
sembled for 130.09 included lour
there could there be a eonnectloi
between them?
Frankle and Dr. Nicholson re
malned behind after the other peo
pie departed, tbe Coroner havlnf
shaken bands with Sylvia and ut
tared a few words ot sympathy.
"I think there are some letters foi
you, Frankle dear," said Sylvia
"You won't mind If I leave you no
and go and lie down. It's all beei
so awful."
Frankle turned to Roger. "Roger,
Bobby's disappeared."
"Disappeared?"
Frankle explained In a few rapid
words,
"I don't like the sound of If said
Roger slowly.
Frankle's heart sank. "You donl
think?"
"Oh I It may be all right, but
Sb, here comes Nicholson."
The Doctor entered the room with
his noiseless tread. He waa rubbing
his hands together and smiling.
"That went off very well," he
said. "Very well Indeed- Dr. David
son was moat tactful and consider
ate. We may consider ourselves
very lucky to have had him as our
local Coroner."
"A good stage performance. In
fact," said Frankle In a bard voice.
Nicholson looked at her In sur
prise.
"I know what Lady Frances It
feeling," said Roger. "I feel the
same. My brother was murdered,
Dr. Nicholson."
He did not see, as Frankle did,
the startled expression that sprang
into the Doctor's eyes.
"I mean what I say," said Roger,
Interrupting Nicholson aa be was
about to reply. "The criminal
brutes who Induced my brother to
become a slave to that drug mur
dered him Just as truly as If they
bad atruck him down."
His angry eyes looked straight in
to tbe Doctor's.
"I mean to get even with them,"
he said. . ,
Dr. Nicholson shook his head sad
ly.'
"I cannot say I disagree with
you," he said.
IDEAS were whirling through
Frankle's head one Idea In
particular.
"It can't be," she was saying to
herself. "That would be too mon
strous. And yet his whole alibi de
pends on ber word. But In thai
case "
She roused herself to find Nichol
son speaking to her.
"You came down by car. Lady
Frances? No accident this time?"
Frankle felt she simply hated thai
smile. . '
"No." she said. "I think It's a
pity to go In too much tor accidents
-don't you?"
She wondered whether she bad
Imagined It, or whether his eyelids
really nickered for a moment
"Perhaps your chauffeur drove
you thla time?"
"My chauffeur." said Frankle,
"has disappeared. He was last seen
heading tor the Orange."
Nicholson raised his eyebrows.
"Really? Have I aome attraction
In the kitchen?"
"At any rate that Is where be waa
last seen," said Frankle.
"You sound quite dramatic," ssld
Nicholson, "Possibly you are pay
ing too much attention to local gos
In
He paused. His voice altered
slightly In tone, "I have even had a
story brought to my eara that my
wife and your chauffeur had been
n talking together down by the
river."
"Is that It?" thought Frankle. "Ia
be going to pretend that his wife
hss run off with my chauffeur?"
Alond ah aald, "Hawkins Is quite
above the average chauffeur."
So It seems," said Nicholson. He
turned to Roger. "I must b going.
Believe me, all my sympsthles are
with you and Mrs. Basslngton-
ffrencb."
Roger went out Into the hall with
blm. Frankle followed. On the hall
table were a couple of lettera ad
dressed to her. One was a bill. The
other waa In Bobby's handwriting.
Nicholson and Roger were on the
doorstep.
She tore It open.
Dear Prankle. wrote Bobby)
I'm on the trail st list. Follow
me ee son at possible to Chipping
8omerton. You'd bottar corns by
train and not by nr. The Bentley
i too noticeable. The tratne aren't
too good, but you can set there all
rtiht. You're to come to a houee
celled Tudor Cottase. I'll espleln to
rou Just eiactly now to rtnd tt.
Don't a.k the wey Here followed
eome mtnutr directions. ) Have you
rot Hist deer? Don't tell anyone.
This wee heavily underlined.)
Bobby.
Frsnkl crushed the letter es
cltedly in the palm of ber hand.
Venhle flpMe desperetely, tft
merrew, eoelnit ImpoMtble edrie.
dresses, two suits. negligee, two
hats, two pairs of shoes, pslr of
besvh Mndts, slick and shirt, s
bathing suit and can. two sets of Ho
gerle. handbsgs and gloves. Another
wararone. ior sh7 . was planned (or
ths girl In the higher Income brack
et snd Included In addition to five
cotton dress.), a Uilored milt of
lightweight wool and a printed silk
frock, with lingerie snd accessories.
Tbe advance showing reresls that
shantung, hand-blocked linen, print
ed pique. Ise that lends Itself to
tailoring, blistered sheers and rough
cottons will be tbe foremost fabrics
for spring and summer, with many
new and unusual effects achieved by
the cotton manufacturers.
Many of the finer cottons being
Introduced for spring wear are scar
cely revmra'nie as cotton product
Evening dressee of cotton have at
tained prestige. Mr.nnUV.lv tailored
suits of linen and checked cotton
are hulled as ubiquitous units of
every well assembled wardrobe this
spring-
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When Timothy Dexter wrote bis
best-selling book. "A Pickle for Know
ing Ones," he neglected to punctuate
It at all. The only hint of punctua
tion was the capital I that he gener
ously sprinkled through It. The flret
edition sold out Immediately, and
three other editions were later sold.
Before the second was printed, how
ever, friends of Dexter complained
that he should have had some kind
of punctuation In his book.
Dexter compiled, but rather thajs
revise the whole book, he merely add
ed a page In the back of the book and
on It printed several lines of commas
and periods, together with a supply
of semi-colons, colons, exclamation
points snd question marks. In a note
published with this strange array of
punctuation marks, Dexter directed
bis readers to use the marks wher
ever they thought the text needed
them.
If you apply the flame of a match
to the corner of a sugar cube, the
sugar will turn blsck and melt, but
It will not catch on fire. If. however,
you smear cigarette ashes on the cor
ner of the cube before applying the
match, the sugar will take fire readily.
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nor of Magnesia in Asia Minor. The
royal decree that made him governor
also provided for his tagle one city
was ordered to furnish the new gov
ernor with wine, another had to sup
ply him with bread and a third was
directed to give him meat.
Tomorrow :
The Golden Drink of
Death.
Of all the cities In trie United
States. El Paso. Texas, is the moat,
( isolated from others. Its neares
i i.eighbor. San Antonio, lies more thp.r.
I 500 mllos away.
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READY HAD HIS QUOTA
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AND START'S WHISPER" HAD ENOl&H- SMARTS A
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AND HE'S STiU HUNGRY,
SO CAN'T HE.PLEfiSE?
MOTHER, STILL BUSY,
JbESN'T AK5WEP,
(Copyright, 1938, by The fell Syndicate,
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By HAL FORREST
By EDWIN ALGER
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